Line holder for masons



y 22, 1952 J. H. KROLLV 2,603,875

LINE HOLDER FOR MASONS Filed June 20, 1949 IN V EN TOR.

By kc/2,2 HA mzz //j/ Ww Patented July 22, 1952 UNITED 1 STATES PATENTOFFICE LINE HOLDER FOR MASONS John H. Kroll, Spokane, 'wash. ApplicationJune 20, 1949, Serial No..100,125

My; present invention relates to improvements in aline holder formasons.

It. is the principal object of my invention to provide a device forholding the ends of the line that is stretched between the cornerportions of a brick or building block to guide the mason in laying thesuccessive layers between the corners. To be efiective for the masons adevice of this character should be light andcompact. It should also beeasily applied to the corner of a brick or block and insure alignment ofthe line with the mortar course between bricks.

Mor particularly it is the purpose of my inventionto provide a lineanchor for masons which embodies in a single metal stamping, anchoringteeth, a guide plate, a mortar line guide tongue, aline receiving eyeand a line attaching means, all arranged so that the holder can be laidagainst the masonrywall at the corner of a brick or block where it willhold firmly enough to retain the line and will guide the'line along thetop of the brick or block. y

In a preferred embodiment of. my invention I utilize a small metalstamping which can be readily carried in the pocket and which isrelatively,inexpensive so that if a mason should loseonethe cost ofreplacement is minor. The construction is such that it is easy to attachthe line to it and draw the line taut.

-.The nature and advantages of my invention will appearmore fully fromthe following descriptionand the accompanying drawings illustrating apreferred form of the invention. The drawings. and description areillustrative only however, and should not be considered as limitingthe'invention except insofar as it is limited by the claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a somewhat diagrammatic view illustrating my invention asapplied to opposite corners of a building wall to stretch the masonsguide line across the intervening space;

Figure 2 is an enlarged plan view of one of the line holders;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1; and f Figure 6 isa fragmentary sectional view illustrating a slightly modified structure.

Referring now to the drawings, my improved invention utilizes a metalplate I!) and provides the necessary gripping fingers I l and [2 bybend- 4 Claims. (01. 33 85) ing a portion of the plate at one endthereof at right angles to the plate and providing teeth. [3 directedparallel to the plate at the ends ofthe fingers]! and I2. The fingers IIand i2 are preferably separated by a cut out at 14.

Immediately adjacent to the fingers l land-l2 a tongue I5 is struck outof the plate and bent. over as-illustrated best in Figure 3,-to providean anchoring slot for the line I6.

Near the other end of the plate l0 and inline with the inneredge of theportion l2, I provide a guide rib l]. by turning a portion of the plate,ID at rightangles to the main body of the plate and at right angles tothe portions II and I 2.. This guide rib I1 is tapered. Its function isto, rest-on the top surface of the brick and extend into the mortarspace so as tosupport the line guiding end of the plate ill at the rightlevel. A

small tongue I8 is provided at the end of the plate. [0 adjacent to therib IT. This tongue I8 is bent to form an eye [9 with a slot 20 betweenthe tongue and the plate Ill so that the line Hi can be inserted intothe eye [9 with ease.

Since the line has to be drawn quite taut order to function as a goodguide, provide means on the plate III- for wrapping theline upon itselfbefore it is secured beneath the tongue I 5. This means comprises twolugs 2| and 22 which are struck up from the material of the plate inalignment with the eye l9 and the tongue l5. Pref erably these lugs 2|and 22 are rounded transversely so-as to avoid a tendency to cut theline l6.

IIdO not find it necessary to provide any guide rib on the'plate inadjacent to the fingers II and I 2 to align the plate with the top ofthe brick. The member I! and the eye l9 are very close together so thecorner engaging end of the plate Ill may be slightly up or slightly downwith respect to the mortar line without any appreciable effect upon thepositioning of the line Hi. If better alignment of the plate In isneeded I can provide this as shown in Figure 6 by forming a guide rib 23from the portion l2. This rib- 23 extends into the mortar space andserves to align the corner engaging end of the plate in.

In using my device the mason attaches one end of his line to one of theplates ID by hooking it over the tongue l5 and taking two or three turnsaround the lugs 2| and 22 and then snapping the line over the tongue l8into the eye l9. He places this plate against the wall with the portionsH and I 2 hooking around the corner of the brick and the rib l1 restingon top of the brick with which he wants the line to serve as a guide. He

3 then extends the line to the opposite corner where he attaches anotherplate ID as illustrated in Figure 1. He then passes the line over thetongue [8 into the eye IQ of this plate anddraws the line taut byturning it over the lug 22. When the line is taut enough he wraps itaround the lugs Zl and 22 for a few turns and secures it beneath thetongue l5. The line can be tightened at either end and can beshifted tohigher levels very readily by simply. moving the plates Ill upward asde: sired.

It is believed that the natureand advantages l of my improved lineholder will be apparent from the foregoing description. I am aware thatlineholders made of a single metal stamping have been proposedheretofore and an example of such a line holder is the Roberts PatentNo..8 i7,824. My improved line holder however, provides. a novel meansfor assuring its position with" respect to the top of a brick andfurther provides a novel'construction for-guiding and securing the linethereon;

p 1". A line holder for masons, adapted to be laid against the masonrywall at the corheroi a block, such las a brick, said holder comprisinganfelongated plate having gripping fingers' at one'end thereofextending out in a plane perpendicular to said plate and parallel to theshorter axiso-fsai'd plate, said fingers having teeth thereon painted inthe direction that the plate extends from said end, a guide 'ribadjacent to. the other end *of'j the plate extending in aplaneperpendicular tosaid plate and parallel to the longer axis of saidplate,

a tongueon said other end of the plate extending transversely of theplate and bent over the .plate to form with the plate, an open guide eyeon the opposite side of the plate from the. guide rib and aligned withthe rib, and a line anchoring mem-',

her at the first named end of the plate aligned with the guide eye.

2. A line holderfor masons, adapted. to. be laid against the masonrywall at the cornerofa block,

such as a brick, said holder comprising an .,e longated. plate having.gripping fingers at one end thereof extending. out. in a. planeperpendicular.

to saidfplateand parallelto the. shorter axis of said "plate, saidfingers having teeth thereon pointed in the direction that the. plateextends from said end, a guide ribadjacentrto the other end of the plateextending inv a plane perpendicular to said plate and parallel to thelonger axis of said' plate, said plate having a line guide. eye

thereon, on the opposite side of the plate from saidrib and at: the sameend and having a'line Having thus 'descri-bedrrry invention, I claim:

- plate extending in a plane perpendicular to said plate and parallel tothe longer axis of said plate, said plate having a line guide eyethereon, on the opposite side of the plate from said rib and at the sameend and spaced divergent lugs struck up from the plate intermediate itsends for Winding the linethereon.

' 4. A line holder for masons, adapted to be laid against the masonrywall at the corner of a block, such as a brick, said holdercom-prisinganielongated plate having grippingfingersat one'iend thereofextending out in a plane perpendicular. to

said plate and parallel to the shorter axis of said plate, said fingershavingteeth thereon pointed in the directionthat the plate extendsfrom-said end, a guide rib-adjacenttothe other end of-the' plateextending in a plane perpendicular to said plate and parallel to thelonger axisof said platdz a tongue on said other end of" the plateextending transversely of the pl'ate and bent over the plate to formwith the plate, arr-openguid'e 'eye' on the" opposite side of the platefrom the guide-'rib and aligned with the rib, spaced divergent lugs pro=jecting outwardly from the plateintermediate its ends for winding theline thereon, and a line anmember at the first named end of the! ohoringplate aligned with the guide eye.

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